5.1.26 | Claude Code's policy on "OpenClaw," Belgium halts nuclear decommissioning, and vehicle data collection removal options

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw" (01:40) - Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants (03:04) - Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle? (04:34) - How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt] (05:41) - For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions (07:03) - How an oil refinery works (08:14) - Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library (10:03) - Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey (11:37) - You can beat the binary search (13:21) - I built a Game Boy emulator in F# (15:00) - Outro Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"https://twitter.com/theo/status/2049645973350363168https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963204Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plantshttps://dpa-international.com/general-news/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260430-930-14717/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961319Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?https://rivian.com/support/article/can-i-disable-all-data-collection-from-my-vehiclehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-whistleblower-who-uncovered-the-nsas-big-brother-machine/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965060For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributionshttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/10https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965108How an oil refinery workshttps://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-an-oil-refinery-workshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962548Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Libraryhttps://semgrep.dev/blog/2026/malicious-dependency-in-pytorch-lightning-used-for-ai-training/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964617Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelseyhttps://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-never-talk-to-an-ai-anonymouslyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951295You can beat the binary searchhttps://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/27/you-can-beat-the-binary-search/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47924912I built a Game Boy emulator in F#https://nickkossolapov.github.io/fame-boy/building-a-game-boy-emulator-in-fsharp/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965503